jon "jonphaedrus" phaedrus

sometimes i look at photos from minuet breeders and stare at every Beast they have and they all look like recolored zeloses and it brings me so much joy

the tingles...

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Sometimes it really be like

You're not insane

You just need to move out of your parents' place

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

Mr Poland shows us that not *everyone* in Europe fucked it badly this year. It's not the most thrilling look but it is clean, well done and interesting. If only the rest of Europe had taken note (and believe me, we're not done on that front yet...)

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

Early sketch of Marach Galthena for Final Fantasy Tactics (1997) by Akihiko Yoshida. Described as "AGE 18, MALE", he has brown skin, dark brown hair, and wears light-colored colored cloth under green belts. He wears red gloves and green, strapped sandals.

FFT (1997) dir. Yasumi Matsuno shares early dev. sketches of Marach Galthena. For TIC (2025), Matsuno says they gave directions to v. actor Sho Sudo to portray him as a character supporting Ramza, like Mustadio, as a best friend—even if that friendship is not directly depicted.
x.com/YasumiMatsun...

day!!! im so glad

slaps salonpas on you

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

Digital illustration of Lysandre and Professor Sycamore standing in front of the Prism Tower facing toward it, illuminated by a purple light. They're both looking back at the viewer, Sycamore smiling obviously, Lysandre smiling slightly. Sycamore has one hand on Lysandre's back. At the bottom are the words, "Joyeux anniversaire! See you in Lumiose!"

happy anniversary gay people... can't wait to go home #pokemonxy #art #perfectworldshipping

One thing that’s funny about how we react to stuff like this is how earnest we are. Workers were as likely to think “census? I’m gonna fuck with this guy” then as now. Taking the piss was not invented in the 20th century

我们到底谁是亲生的

Masahiro Sakurai shared a photo of a Game Director dinner meeting he had for Tokyo Gameshow!

Participants:
- Hideki Kamiya
- Toby Fox
- Yoko Taro
- Jiro Ishii
- Kazutaka Kodaka
- Keiichiro Toyama

blasting get better beams

AWOO

Lloyd and Colette from Tales of Symphonia. Lloyd is a young man with spiky hair wearing suspenders. Colette is a young woman with long hair and wearing a cleric’s frock. Colette traces the palm of Lloyd’s hand to communicate when she loses her voice.

My favorite kids

you are powerful in ways i cannot even comprehend

HOW IS FONT SO SMALL YOU CAN SEE

the finely tuned brotherly bullshit going on in my novel is one of the things ive ever been most proud of.

“This is not sustainable”

Photo of a forest trail in the mountains

Ditto with a river visible

Photo of the river seen through the trees

went hiking with my beloved @thetealord.bsky.social

don giovanni is one of the most finely constructed narratives ever put together and the cast is 8 people. at this point my free editorial advice is if your main cast is above 8 people: have less.

its true. that one was inescapable.

i was there and staying Far Away From That Shit

THAT CARTOON ISNT OLD THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK

orbjection

White and green illustration of a Y2K era computer with pop up windows of a car. It is proudly proclaiming "YOU WOULD DOWNLOAD A CAR".

YOU WOULD DOWNLOAD A CAR

i feel like i drove a car into a wall

it would have to be about everest too obviously. thematics. etc.